JAIL FOR LIFE
p A Invercargill Harry Robert Thompson, aged 18. of Gore, was yesterday jailed for life after a Supreme Court jury found him guilty of the murder of a police constable. The jury 7 of eight men and four women took two hours and a half to reach its verdict after a trial last- I ing three days and a half. . The Chief Justice, Sir Richard Wild, presided. I The charge arose from ! the shooting of Constable | Peter William Murphy after I the burglary of a sports , goods st n re on September . 25, 1976. ’
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Press, 18 February 1977, Page 1
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